One member called the proposed amendments a ‘power grab’ The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust, which provides oversight of the half penny sales tax spending, unanimously rejected on Wednesday an attempt by Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins to sideline them. Higgins has proposed amending the process so that projects that would normally go to the CITT first […]
It wasn’t even close. Laura Dominguez trounced Sabrina Cohen in a run-off Tuesday to replace former Miami Beach Commissioner Mark Samuelian, who died suddenly in June. Dominguez was Samuelian’s life partner. Dominguez, who owns a digital marking company, got more than twice as many mail-in votes and ended up with a 22-point lead against Cohen, […]
Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado is rubbing her colleagues the wrong way. And they told her so Tuesday — at the very first meeting of the new commission — when they stripped her of the interim vice chair position and gave it permanently to Anthony Rodriguez. Even Commissoner Rene Garcia voted against her. ¡Eso duele! Maybe […]
New ‘Grove’ political action committee with $47K could be related Whether or not the December meeting stays cancelled, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell, who resigned to run for the congressional primary that he lost to Sen. Annette Taddeo in August, will have to leave by Jan. 3. The commission will likely appoint someone to serve out […]
He wasn’t on anybody’s list, but Ruamen de la Rua is the first to file paperwork for the sheriff’s election in 2024. De la Rua, a Miami Police officer, filed documents Monday naming a campaign treasurer and identifying a campaign account. It’s a partisan race, and de la Rua is Republican. When he’s not writing […]
Former Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz, who was termed out and was replaced with former Doral Mayor JC Bermudez last week, hinted on NBC6 with Jackie Nespral that he could run for mayor of Sweetwater next. But who does he think he’s kidding? Everybody knows this has been his plan all along. What? Was […]
He replaces Joe Martinez after public corruption arrest in August Two months after Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez was arrested on public corruption charges and subsequently suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the latter has appointed a temporary replacement: Personal injury lawyer Robert Gonzalez, who lost the House Republican primary in District 119 last August to Juan […]
All five new county commissioners were sworn in at separate ceremonies Tuesday after winning their elections Nov. 8 or in the August primary. Miami-Dade Commissioner Anthony Rodriguez didn’t have to go to a runoff after getting 56% against three other candidates in the District 10 race to replace termed-out Javier Souto. The former state rep […]
While a Miami-Dade Commission seat has sat vacant for two months, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted no time in naming former Miami Springs Councilman Daniel “Danny” Espino to the county school board Monday to replace Christi Fraga, who resigned to run for mayor of Doral and has a runoff in December. Espino was youngest council […]
Developers of 550 homes on the former golf course must make changes Neighbors opposed to the development of 550 homes on the 160 acres that used to be the Calusa Golf Course got a reprieve last week, when a court ruled that the county had not provided proper notice of the zoning hearing. And the […]